Vision
We envision an Illinois where systems support schools, families, and communities working together to ensure that all children have the educational, health, and social-emotional support they need to be successful in life.
Mission
The Partnership for Resilience works to improve academic, health, and social outcomes for children by fostering trauma-responsive schools and effective family, school, health, and community partnerships.
- Building leadership capacity and facilitating systems change are foundational to our work.
- Our work must be approached with a racial equity and social justice lens.
- Family and community engagement are central to the success of our efforts.
- Investing in adults is critical to child well-being.
- Collaboration between labor and management in schools is essential.
- Creating and sustaining strong local and regional partnerships of schools, families, unions, health care and community organizations.
- Effective training and coaching to help school districts become trauma-responsive.
- Sharing our model with Illinois schools outside the two regional partnerships.
- Working with partner organizations to bring about needed policy changes that advance our mission.
- Create and sustain strong local and regional partnerships of schools, families, unions, health care and community organizations.
- Provide effective training and coaching to help school districts become trauma-responsive.
- Share our model with Illinois schools outside the two regional partnerships.
- Work with partner organizations to bring about needed policy changes that advance our mission.